A billionaire property tycoon is facing the death sentence after allegedly embezzled $19 billion in a massive bank fraud.

Washington (AFP) – Vietnam called Tuesday on the United States to recognize it as a market economy, saying stronger trade ties would benefit Washington in key areas as it seeks to diversify from China.

Report says the two countries had intervened in foreign exchange markets in a persistent, one-sided manner to limit appreciations of their currencies

The second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ended without any deal or agreement.

He also praised the US for its “leadership of the international rules-based order

A FLURRY of fresh military exercises is highlighting rising tensions in the Asia Pacific, with China and Russia today joining forces to practice seizing islands and hunting submarines.

A Chinese woman visiting Vietnam over the weekend realised the border official letting her through had scribbled "f**k you" on two pages of her passport, Chinese papers are reporting.

Frustration has been further fuelled by a perceived lack of clarity f-rom the communist leadership about what caused the deaths

However, the sale of arms will depend on Vietnam’s human rights commitments.